Ellopostoma mystax

Ellopostoma mystax
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Ellopostomatidae
Genus:	Ellopostoma
Species:	E. mystax
Binomial name
Ellopostoma mystax Tan & Lim, 2002

Ellopostoma mystax, the enigmatic loach, ^[2] is a small, endangered species of freshwater fish originally placed in the family Balitoridae, ^[3] but now generally in Ellopostomatidae. ^[4]

E. mystax is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi River and the Pattani River. ^[5]

References

1. Vidthayanon, C. (2011). "Ellopostoma mystax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T180894A7654231. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180894A7654231.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Ellopostoma mystax - Tan & Lim, 2002 - Enigmatic loach". FishBase . Retrieved 11 April 2015.
3. Chen, W.-J.; Lheknim, V.; Mayden, R. L. (December 2009). "Molecular phylogeny of the Cobitoidea (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) revisited: position of enigmatic loach resolved with six nuclear genes". Journal of Fish Biology. 75 (9): 2197–2208. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02398.x. PMID   20738682.
4. Kottelat, M (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 26: 1–199.
5. Vidthayanon, Chavalit (2005). Thailand red data: Fishes (PDF). Bangkok: Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. ISBN   974-9929-87-X.